Is it possible to restrict the widget visibility for a group of users?

darkpollo

I want to create a forum and I am playing with different options. Not sure if this can be done.

I want to make the forum ads (located on widgets) only visible to users that have not paid.
I am planning to use the API to manage the upgrade and downgrade of the users into a different group when they pay/stop paying.

So if I can make the widgets to be shown or hidden to different user groups, then the problem will be solved, but I am not sure if that is an option or where to find information about it.

Any links or suggestions?

Thanks!

<baris>

Yes it is possible. Each widget has two settings to control visibility.

darkpollo

Amazing. Thank you very much.

And the idea of using the API to change the user group is not a crazy one, right?
Just in case.

<baris>

Yeah you can use the API to add/remove users to groups.

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@darkpollo I'm interested in having a paid area on my forum too.
What service do you intend to use to collect payment?
I did implement this 'manually' (by Admin changing user group when the user sent a payment), but I always thought there must be better 'automated' way to do this

darkpollo

@eeeee My plan is to use a third party payment processor (probably Stripe) and use the Stripe webhooks and the Nodebb API to move the user from the paid group to the "free" group and the other way around when the payment fails.
The forum we are building expect a lot of traffic so we need to automate this.
We are still on "thinking and planning phase" so no real code to show you yet.